Headphones #115: Wels, Copenhagen, Caribbean

Freedom. The person, who goes by the title Arno Drugowitsch in on a regular basis life, usually makes use of this phrase throughout dialog. Freedom within the sense of not being managed by others. That is the hippie in him talking.

Then once more, there’s a household man who’s a skilled lawyer, however for whom life as a lawyer was now not even an choice. The musician who was all the time in him was calling out ever extra loudly for success.

Can you reside together with your spouse and two young children? Are you able to do this for those who’re sitting in Copenhagen whereas your musical comrades, particularly David Haider (aka Manuel Regular), are of their previous homeland? Questions upon inquiries to which he ultimately answered: “I simply wish to attempt it.”

A novel mixture

Now Andy Soda is there, together with his very personal combination of reggae-soaked lightness that picks up the vacation dreamer, places them on a airplane and lets the sky open. In “Alles intestine” he isn’t singing a couple of vacation idyll, however relatively the dilemma of an emotional one who has already discovered that life hangs by a thread. However the singer-songwriter is aware of tips on how to put a pleasant little contact on on a regular basis life, as a result of on the finish of the day every part is by some means good. Or is it?

“Alles intestine” continues what Andy Soda began final 12 months together with his magnificent “Coconut Café”. Chilled reggae sound with clever German lyrics, you’ve got by no means heard something prefer it.

An album is on the listing of issues to do, it is type of completed, however it would nonetheless take some time. As a result of a perfectionist can all the time discover a fly within the ointment, on this case the musical one. “I wish to get nearer to actuality with phrases and music,” he says. It is regarding enjoyment, even for those who want the darkish to see the gorgeous.

“Denmark is just like the Caribbean”

The truth that Andy Soda and his household ended up within the north, in Copenhagen, was not solely as a result of his spouse, an architect by occupation, had the College of Copenhagen on her listing for a 12 months overseas, but additionally due to the Danish blood that flows via the Wels native’s veins.

“My great-grandparents are from Copenhagen and later settled in Norway,” says the musician. “The readability, the pragmatic, the relaxed angle, much less emotion, a bit cooler, however the nice solidarity – I all the time liked that.” So Andy Soda went together with his spouse. They stayed, with a break.

At the moment they stay with their two kids within the south of Copenhagen. “The seaside is close by, we take the kids there on cargo bikes,” says Andy Soda, raving in regards to the metropolis, which “appears just like the French Caribbean in summer season.” That explains his musical method. However it’s also as a result of lengthy winter, the lengthy darkish interval in northern Europe. “In winter, when it is darkish, I solely take heed to FM Jamaica Radio from Kingstown City to get me via the season.” No additional explanations for his music are vital. And that is a very good factor.

Andy Soda “Every part’s nice” (allesgutmusic)

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